St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-12
GO TO THE SOUTH.
The North Half of Dakota Left
in the Cold in the Legis-
lative Juggle.
Both the Speakership and the
Council Presidency Awarded
to the South.
The People of the North Inclined to be
Reasonable in Asking LegisIa-
tive FaYors.
Alexander Hughes to Introduce a Bill
in Favor Of the Whipping Post
in Dakota.
Grand Forks for Judge Pratt--A
Young Lady's Narrow Escape
from Death.
Talk of Sending the Eighth Cavalry
from Texas to Dakota--Various
Other Matters.
Grand Forks for Judge Pratt--L
Young Lady's Narrow Escape
from Death.
Talk of Sending the Eighth Cavalry
from Texas to Dakota--Various
Other Matters.

111oh3hChs Ddhss JAIL IL nG SONeu-
teenth session of the Dakota legislature
convened to-day. The members made their
way from comfortable quarters in the city
to the capitol through bowling northwest
| wind that drove the snow wildly over the
bleak prairie. The thermometer stood sew
eral degrees above zero, but an ugly wind
| rendered it dangerous to expose the ears
and extremely uncomfortable for unpro-
tected noses. The council was called TO
order sharply at II o'clock by Secretary
Howard. Chaplain Caleb Benham, of the
| Episcopal church here offered prayer, after
which Judge Francis, of the supreme
bench, administered the oath of Office. Two
nominations were made for the presidency,
S. j. Washaburgh. of Deadwood, and G. A.
Matthews, of BroOkings. the first ballot re-
Sulting in favor of Matthews by a large
majority. He Was introduced to the council
by Secretary Howard and delivered brief,
sensible, scholarly address. thanking the
body for the honor conferred upon him,
and urging harmony and wise and careful
legislation in the interests Of Dakota. HIS
remarks were enthusiastically received.
The following officers were elected and
appointed: President C. A. Matthews of
Brookings; secretary, I. A. Kingsburv,
of WatertOwn; assistant secretary,
Robert Wallace, of Jamestown; ser
geant at arms, W. B. Troy.
Wahpeton; assistant sergeant, Sidney His
man, Valley City; chaplain. Rev. Caleb
Benham. of the Episcopal church; enroll
ing clerk. c. W. Starring, Brown county:
engrossng clerk, 0. A. Southmayd. of
Burleigh; clerk of Judiciary committee. H.
Z. Dewey, Pierre: messenger, Charles E.
/ Cummings, BrookingS; doorkeeper. NJ.
W. Spauidng, Grand Forks county; pages
Henry Newton and Arthur Linn, Bis
marck.
PRESIDENT MATTHEWS
is So years Old was born in PottSdam, ST
Lawrence county, n. Y, i'll {S52, took
ali academic course in Upper Iowa uuiver-
| sity at Fayette, graduating in 1874, after
| which he taught school and was county
! superintendent of schools for Fayette
county. He graduated from the Iowa law
school at Iowa City i'll 1873,
and in 1879 located in Bookings,
Brookings county, Oak. He was a
member of the capital commission and was
appointed district attorney of the Fifth
judicial district in 1874. i. A. Kfngsbury.
| secretary. was bora al Utica n. Y. in
1915 and educated i'll the public schools,
adopting the profession of law and locating
in Watertown, Oak, in 1869. lie
was a member of the legislature
in 1872 and was clerk of the
lower house in 1877, 1878 and
| 1888. He spent two years in the army.
After organizing the council adjourned till
! - O'Clock tomorrow, when the committees
will be appointed and routine business
! fairly begun.
IN THE HOUSE.
| 1t looked as though there was going to be
a fight in the lower house. After a night
/ spent i'll caucusing the opposing factions
| failed to agree ON a candidate for speaker,
and when. at five minutes past 10 O'Clock,
! to-day Clerk Hamilton called the house to
order the representatives sank into their
! seats with wild, untamed look on their
! faces Judge Francis administered the oath
of office, after which, on motion of DR..
! Stewart, the election of speaker was pro-
ceeded to. The nominations were G. c.
| Crosse. Republican. of Hyde county; John
| Hobart, Republican, of Brookings; John
| Ely, Democrat, of Bottineau, and
E A. Williams, of Burleigh. MI Hobart
withdrew and an informal ballot was taken
! on the three remaining candidates. which
! gave Crosse a majority. An effort was
made to get all adjournment until 2
! O'clock tomorrow. but the South Dakota
| faction fought the motion and it was lost.
y formal ballot was then taken,
which resulted in the election
of Crosse by a plurality Of
sand majority of - over Williams. The
! newly-elected speaker was warmly re-
| ceived. He mounted the speakers stand
and addressed the house briefly, stating he
had come there in the interest of pure and
! honest legislation, and said he should act in
accordance with that principle. He said
in all the work he did he should
| be honest to the interests of Dakota. and
! should not let sectional strife and sectional
! feeling interfere with him in the per-
formauce OF the duties of his office. The
! speech was received with hand clapping
won one point and was anxious to dictate
what part of the country should be
GIVEN THE CLERKSHIP.
AS soon as the speaker had finish ed A.
J. Pruitt, of Gettysburg. made a motion
that the house adjourn until tomorrow at
| II o'clock. The motion was quickly Sec
ouded and carried with hurrah. Crosse,
the new speaker was born in Schoolcraft.
Kalamazoo county, Mich, in 1S43. and
was educated in Kalamazoo college,
from which he graduated in 1861
and came to Dakota in 1888, set
ting in Hyde county. He is a
| farmer and stock-raiser. During early life
he was farmer and school teacher. He
was commissioner of Hyde county one year
and delegate to the Sioux Falls constitu-
| tional convention year ago last fall In
politics he is Republican, but he is a con-
sentative member He is a Farmers alli-
ance man and divisionist The question
| tonight is, who will be clerk of the house?
| From indications now the chances seem
good for William Eakin, of Gary, Deuel.
county.